Dirty Blonde : The Diaries of Courtney Love - Hardcover

Stander, Ava - Editor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0330445464 ISBN 13: 9780330445467

Publisher: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2006

Synopsis

A multi-textual memoir chronicling the life of one of our most potent pop iconsGroundbreaking rock musician. Award-winning actress. Perceptive songwriter and author. Mother. Wife of a rock god. Fashionista and trendsetter. Provocateur. In each and every one of these roles Courtney Love has demonstrated a wholehearted commitment to her art, and an intense drive and a lust for life that have made her a star and a celebrity icon—but have also led her into some unwise, uncharted, and even dangerous territory. Simultaneously candid and enigmatic, Love has a mordant wit and vivid intelligence matched in intensity only by the extraordinary life she has led, from a bleak early childhood through great fame and terrible heartbreak to the present day. By turns exhilarating and unsettling, this is a story told for the first time in Dirty Blonde .Composed of an astonishing and eclectic collection of deeply personal artifacts including personal letters, childhood records, poetry, diary entries, song lyrics, fanzines, show flyers, other original writings, and never-before-seen photographs, Dirty Blonde leads us through the unimaginable highs and the despairing lows of one of the most compelling and creative figures in the world of popular culture. Through these diaries we see Love’s accomplishments, her mistakes, her history, and her bright future in a whole new light. From her upbringing in Oregon through her years living in Japan, New Zealand, and London, from her career highs with Hole and as a Hollywood leading lady to her personal heartbreak and struggle, Dirty Blonde is Love laid bare—a wholly fascinating portrait of a fierce and insightful woman with an unblinking worldview and a determination to express herself no matter the cost.

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From the Publisher

"Male rock stars who've sung songs about rage pretty much grow on trees. You can get them unbridled from the Sex Pistols or self-deprecating from the Violent Femmes or sardonic from Elvis Costello or sexy from the Rolling Stones. But the female rock star who's made art out of anger is a creature even more rare than the female rock star. For this I love Courtney Love."--Ariel Levy, New York Magazine

"You read it and you feel you are inside the thick scars of her past. It reveals everything and keeps you wondering and wanting more."--Chrissy Iley, The Sunday Times (London)

"This isn't a sanitized, PR-approved view of Love's wild life story. Instead, if features the former Hole frontwoman in a deeply confessional mode [and] reveals the other side of this generation's Yoko Ono. It's a tender side. And it's believable."--Library Journal

About the Author

Courtney Love is the legendary front woman of Hole, whose album Live Through This is considered one of the seminal records of the 1990s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber and Faber, Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330445464
• ISBN 13: 9780330445467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304